King County Democrats

Support the NO on I-912 Campaign
Dear Fellow Washingtonian:

This year, Washington State faces a critical vote concerning the future of our state. Voters will be asked in November to vote on Initiative 912, which would roll back a significant component of the 2005 transportation package (the gas tax) and derail our legislators’ hard work.

Our state’s transportation system is an aging, crumbling patchwork of roadways and structures that need to be fixed. The 2005 transportation package appropriates funds to pay for 274 projects across our state to improve safety and relieve congestion. These projects will be lost or crippled if Initiative 912 passes.

While many good interest groups have stepped up to the plate to fight Initiative 912, we believe there must be an activist-driven grassroots movement to defeat the initiative. Without a grassroots movement, we believe the campaign against Initiative 912 cannot be successful.

We have formed a new organization, Washington Defense PAC, to do just that.

Washington Defense is going to be a citizen-driven organization powered by activists who care about the future of Washington State. We’re going to be organizing and mobilizing to defeat the initiative, and we need you to be part of that effort.

We’re going to be organizing volunteer teams to campaign on a community level. We need volunteers to help us distribute materials, go to town halls and forums, write letters to the editor, make phone calls, and more. If you want to support our legislators and fight back against cynicism, please join us.

Sign up to volunteer: www.washingtondefense.org/GasTax/Volunteer.html
We also need you to consider making a donation to help us with printing materials and getting out the message that I-912 is bad for Washington.

Donate: www.washingtondefense.org/GasTax/Donate.html

Proponents of Initiative 912 – led by talk show hosts Kirby Wilbur and John Carlson - are well-funded and will mount a serious campaign full of deceit and false messages. We can't let them win!

While our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims of Hurricane Katrina, this disaster showed us what happens when we don't adequately fund improvements to transportation infrastructure and public safety measures. This type of disaster can happen to Washington.

If we chose to ignore our crumbling roads and bridges in favor of tax cuts, we will undoubtedly see more destruction than we could ever imagine. But that doesn’t have to be our future. Please join us in fighting Initiative 912. Become involved by volunteering and donating to our grassroots effort.

Donate: www.washingtondefense.org/GasTax/Donate.html

We can win, but only with your help.

Thank you,

Andrew Villeneuve, Co-Chair, Washington Defense
Greg Rodriguez, Treasurer, Washington Defense
Ray Minchew, Executive Director of Democracy for Washington
Susan Sheary, Chair of the King County Democrats
Tina Shamsheldin, King County Democrats Legislative Action Committee
Steve Smith, Chair of the King County Young Democrats
Ralph Gorin, Chair of the 45th District Democrats
Kayne McGladrey, Chair of the 5th District Democrats
Richard Kelley, Chair of the 43rd District Democrats
Scott White, Chair of the 46th District Democrats
Gwen Ranch, Chair of the 37th District Democrats
Peter House, Chair of the 36th District Democrats
Julian Wheeler, Chair, WA State Democratic Disabilities Issues Caucus

Posted on: 9/10/2005 8:03:51 PM by suzie2004@comcast.net
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1 Comment(s)

Helping Who?

What they don't want you to know
I will not be helping with this campaign. The "hard work" by legislators you cite is a billion dollar give away to special interests and little about saving "crumbling" infrastructure. It would be more apt to state that this is about supporting multinational contractors and engineering firms, and bloated government bureaucracies that produce little in the way of tangible benefits to the public at large.
Posted on: 9/16/2005 7:21:38 AM by campbell.beth@comcast.net
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